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Hey everyone, hope all is well. Regarding the above how long does it usually last, I realize a lot of it depends on the game that frequent/hit the block along with rain....but generally how long does it usually last, 1-2-3 + months...placed my blocks out during the ending of turkey season. Honestly I don't mind the drive, it lugging the blocks threw the bush in this heat/humidity i'm trying to avoid :whacked:
Any advice will be appreciated
Thanks
Dont worry,50 lbs is a lot.It will soak into the soil,and the deer will eat the salty soil as much,as they would lick the block itself.
I put this one out end of April. They really going after block of wood
think it will last year if I can keep neighbours cows away from it
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It depends on the activity. I personally don't use them as I hunt public land and I am always on the move looking for new spots ( and every thing I do is on foot and don't feel like lugging them in ). I have however come across them in the bush. I have seen both the type in the photo and the typical blue livestock ones. From what I have seen both types will last a very long time ( up to a year ). This is only what I have witnessed on public land.
I have a spot on a public land ,where i deliver somewhere at the end of every February ,20 kg of cattle salt, in a bag.
Pour it on the snow,white is white-blends in nicely(tried blue once-oh boy,it was visible from a "mile").
Public land !!!
Not into drawing much attention .
I killed over the salt lick a 40 years old pine tree, because i poured salt over and over to the close proximity of it.
Non intentional,lesson learned.
There is (after about 20 years ,and 400 kg of salt)a 12 feet DIA depression,max depth about 2 feet.
All the missing dirt,and good portion of the large pine tree roots with some portion of the trunk ,are all gone.
Deer,porcupine,racoon,rabbit-all likes the salt lick.
Treetrunk-soil,dirt,salt-all are a go.
For the ones wondering-No,i do not hunt over the salt .
It is ways and off from my stand.
But-i do population count over it,and i tend to belive i feed the deer with something potentially beneficial.
I bury mine. I found that deer don’t normally touch the block but eat the soil around it. Burying it makes bit dissolves faster.
I'll put a block out in July or August and there's always a bit left on the ground the year after. Like someone else mentioned, it'll seep into the ground and play it's role long after it has disappeared.
Only half a year ...
the other half will be frozen under the snow and ice
will be inaccessible to the game ...
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I put out in spring and some left following spring
I replace mine in the same spot every year when the snow is gone, I believe early spring into late summer is when the deer need the nutrients the most, whether for antler growth or lactation. Rarely see any animals on the lick come fall time into winter, at least compared to the numbers I have early in the year.
John
They need the salt even in the middle of winter
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This salt lick (buried) was put out mid fall for the hunt season...and wasn't touched. I went back out in Mar and saw that it was actively used over the winter.
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interesting, ment to buy one last week when we went up but just havent had the time to go pick one up with the hours i work. we usually put 1 or two out in sept or oct.
They last a long time and are cheap to buy. I always added some whenever I was around. Easy to carry in a good frame pack.
So I finally decided to do the drive and check in on my 2 spots....can't believe someone actually stole the lick off the ground on one of the spots. Hopefully my chained cameras stay on for the next few months...frustrating
You sure it was a person, reason I ask is................ I got my young hunter to put up a camera and a salt block. It has been there for a month, he goes to replace his camera card only to discover his salt block vanished. He too thought someone took it but after looking at the camera pics it was racoons removing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by FISH-ON
He has the camera set to 3 picks every 5 seconds... So it shows them (almost comedian like) rolling/pushing it out of camera range. He never die find it yet.
I read on the web that the Bear took the salt block ,
also years ago I had a big plastic pan with 75 kg road salt
and next year found 50 m away empty with predator teeth mark I assume Bear or Wolf no camera picture
since that I bolt the salt block in the wood box with iron nail throe the block
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Originally Posted by fratri
I guess anything is possible...however I got another lick only 50-70yds away that was still there
Thoughts on drilling a hole all the way threw and chaining it?
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Originally Posted by fratri
masonry drill will do the job
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Originally Posted by FISH-ON
^^^ this.. dig hole put granular in and cover. Most "deer" blocks are over commercialized and over priced. Keep it simple.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard